Improvement in winding tatting-shuttles



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Be it known that I, JONES, oi' Davenport, in the county ofScott, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and improved Winder for Tatting-Shuttles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved instrument with a shuttle applied to it.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same. i

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the shuttle-carrier.

Similar letters ot' reference` indicate corresponding parts in the three iigures.

This invention relates to a novel improvement on devices which are designed for winding thread upon tatting-shuttles. It consists in the application of sliding rings or tubes uponthe ends of the revolving shuttleholder for the purpose of adapting the holder to receive and have secured to it shuttles of different lengths, and preventing the liability of displacement of the shuttle when properly secured in place, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the staff or handle of the Winder, and Bis a short shaft which passes freely through the staff near its upper end, and has a crank, C, secured on one end, and a holding piece secured on the other end. This piece D is secured at the middle ofits length to shaft B, so as to rotate therewith, and it should be somewhat longer than the longest shuttle used. Upon the ends of piece D, tubes or rings a a are applied, so as to slide freely and to receive the pointed lends of one of the sides of a shuttle, E, and hold' the same fast. The outer side of the piece D, or that side of it against which the shuttle is held, is

l ilat, so as to afford a iirm bearing for preventing the shuttle from tilting. Below the shuttle-holder D, a stud,

b, is applied fast to the stad` A, through which stud an eye is made for receiving through it the thread as the latter passes from the'spool G to the shuttle, shown in iig.I 1. The spool G is slipped upon a pin, c, projecting at fright angles from the stati` A, upon which pin a screw-thread is cut for receiving a nut, d. Betweenthis nut and the end of the spool G, a coiled spring, e, andwasher e are placed for the-,purpose of keeping the thread under proper tension. By adjusting the nut d, the tension can be increased or diminished at pleasure. It will be seen by reference to iig. 3 that one side of the shuttle E is held atly against the face of the rotating piece D by the rings or tubes a a, so as to leave the ends of the shuttle open for allowing of the free passage of the thread between-them during the act of filling the shuttle. The slides or rings a a may be made of any length required, and they may be made of very thin metal, `so as to a'ord a iirm hold upon the ends of one side of the shuttle. They are applied so as to slide freely upon'the piece D, toward and from its axis of motion, so as to receive and hold a very short shuttle, as well as a very long one, with equal security.

` I am aware that I am not the first inventor of a'device for winding thread upon tatting-shuttles, and that springs and hooks have been employed before my invention for holding a 'shuttle of a given length in place upon a rotating-rod during the act of filling the shuttle with thread from a spool; but such devices were not adapted for receiving and having secured totheni shuttles of diierent lengths, and consequently their use was very limited.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment of sliding tubes or rings a a upon the ends of the rotating rod D, so as to receive and secure in place tatting-shuttles of different lengths, substantially as and for thel purpose described.

H. P. JONES.

Witnesses:

C. H. ELDRIDGE, JACOB STRAssER. 

